Morrisville Village, NY
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 5 ppb (monitoring period 2022-2024). The federal action level is 15 ppb today and drops to 10 ppb in Nov 2027; EPA's health goal is 0. Lead was measured in sampled homes but the 90th percentile is under both action levels. EPA's health goal for lead is zero, so test your own tap if your home was built before 1986 or anyone in it is pregnant or a young child.
Who runs the water here
Morrisville Village serves about 2,199 people through 326 service connections, which makes it a small system under EPA's size classes. It is owned by a local government (city, town, county or district) and draws groundwater, in Madison County, New York. EPA system ID: NY2603521. Ask the utility on your bill for your address in their service line inventory.
Lead results over time
Against the period ending 2024 (4.9 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Morrisville Village is 5 ppb across 4 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 5 ppb |
| 2024 | 4.9 ppb |
| 2021 | 4 ppb |
| 2018 | 3.6 ppb |
Against other New York systems
Of the 2,077 New York systems with a lead result, the median latest reading is 1.5 ppb; 17 are over 15 ppb right now and 165 have gone over at some point. Morrisville Village's 5 ppb sits at the 86th percentile in New York and the 91st nationally (higher means more lead).
Nearby utilities
23 other systems share Madison County; 1 of them has a higher latest lead result than Morrisville Village. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Oneida City | 11,393 | 1 ppb |
| Hamilton Village | 4,107 | 3 ppb |
| Cazenovia Village | 2,900 | 5 ppb |
| Morrisville State College | 2,620 | 2.9 ppb |
| Suburbans Community Mhp | 655 | 1.7 ppb |
| Stockbridge Water District | 600 | - |
| Cazenovia/Nelson Purchase District | 595 | - |
| Deruyter Village | 558 | 1.1 ppb |
| Earlville Village | 545 | 3.3 ppb |
| New Woodstock | 460 | 1.5 ppb |
Your move
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Cazenovia, NY may offer free or low-cost kits through the utility. If your own line is lead, replacing the private side runs about $1,200-$12,300 (EPA average about $4,700). Ask Morrisville Village whether it covers that cost before hiring anyone - many utilities now do.
These figures describe homes the utility sampled, not your tap. Only your service line record or a test of your own water answers the question for your house. Why sampled homes are the worst-case ones is in the guide to reading the number. Size matters more than most people expect: small vs large water systems.